Electronic cigarette heat-generating device and electronic cigarette

ABSTRACT

An electronic cigarette heating device and an electronic cigarette are provided. The electronic cigarette heating device comprises a heating filament, a first electrode, a second electrode, a first riveting terminal, and a second riveting terminal. One end of filament is riveted to first electrode via the first riveting terminal; the other end of heating filament is riveted to second electrode via the second rivet terminal. The outer wall of at least one of the first riveting terminal and second riveting terminal is coated with an insulating layer.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a field of daily electronic products,and more particularly relates to an electronic cigarette heat-generatingdevice and an electronic cigarette.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Electronic cigarettes are mainly configured for quitting smoking andsubstituting smoking. Structures of the electronic cigarettes availableon the market at the present comprise a heating device and a glass fibercore usually. When the electronic cigarette is working, the heatingdevice is heated, so that tobacco juice absorbed in the glass fiber coreis atomized to realize an effect of generating smoke.

As shown in FIG. 1, a heating device in the prior art comprises aheating filament 1, a first electrode 2, a second electrode 3, a firstriveting terminal 4 and a second riveting terminal 5. One end portion ofthe heating filament 1 is riveted to the first electrode 2 via the firstriveting terminal 4, and the other end portion of the heating filament 1is riveted to the second electrode 3 via the second riveting terminal 5.As the first riveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 arecommonly made of metal material and are electro-conductive, outersurfaces of the first riveting terminal 4 and the second rivetingterminal 5 easily contact an outer surface, near the middle portion, ofthe heating filament 1 to result in a partial short circuit. In thiscase, when the electronic cigarette is working, the effective resistanceof the heating filament 1 is decreased, so that the smoke volumegenerated by the electronic cigarette is negatively affected to affect auser's taste negatively. Besides, when this kind of electronic cigaretteis produced, the consistency of taste of the electronic cigarette can'tbe ensured, and the quality of the electronic cigarette is low.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The objective of the present invention is to provide an electroniccigarette heating device and an electronic cigarette wherein a rivetingterminal is electrically insulated with a heating filament, so that auser's taste can't be affected negatively, aiming at the defect that ariveting terminal of the electronic cigarette in the prior art easilycontacts a heating filament to result in a partial short circuit toaffect the user's taste negatively.

The technical solutions of the present invention for solving thetechnical problems are as follows.

In one aspect, an electronic cigarette heating device is provided,comprising a heating filament, a first electrode, a second electrode, afirst riveting terminal and a second riveting terminal is provided; andone end portion of the heating filament is riveted to the firstelectrode via the first riveting terminal, and the other end portion ofthe heating filament is riveted to the second electrode via the secondriveting terminal; an insulating layer is covered on an outer surface ofan end portion of at least one riveting terminal selected from the firstriveting terminal and the second riveting terminal, and the end portionof the at least one riveting terminal is close to the heating filament.

In the electronic cigarette heating device of the present invention, theinsulating layer is covered on outer surfaces of one end portion of thefirst riveting terminal and one end portion of the second rivetingterminal; and the insulating layer is insulating paint spray painted onouter surfaces of the first riveting terminal and the second rivetingterminal.

In the electronic cigarette heating device of the present invention, theinsulating paint is any one kind of paint selected from rubber basedpaint, silica gel based paint and plastic paint.

In the electronic cigarette heating device of the present invention, theinsulating layer is covered on outer surfaces of one end portion of thefirst riveting terminal and one end portion of the second rivetingterminal; and the insulating layer is an insulating sleeve respectivelysleeved on outer surfaces of the first riveting terminal and the secondriveting terminal.

In the electronic cigarette heating device of the present invention, theinsulating sleeve is any one kind of sleeve selected from a rubbersleeve, a silica gel sleeve and a plastic sleeve.

In the electronic cigarette heating device of the present invention, theelectronic cigarette heating device further comprises a bonding layerconfigured for bonding the insulating sleeve to the first rivetingterminal and the second riveting terminal respectively.

In the electronic cigarette heating device of the present invention, theinsulating sleeves are melted to outer surfaces of the first rivetingterminal and the second riveting terminal respectively.

In the electronic cigarette heating device of the present invention, theinsulating sleeve is embedded to outer surfaces of the first rivetingterminal and the second riveting terminal respectively.

In the electronic cigarette heating device of the present invention, theinsulating layer is covered on outer surfaces of one end portion of thefirst riveting terminal and one end portion of the second rivetingterminal; and the insulating layer is an oxidation film respectivelyformed on surfaces of the first riveting terminal and the secondriveting terminal.

In another aspect, an electronic cigarette is provided, and comprisesthe electronic cigarette heating device according to any one of abovetechnical solutions.

By implementing the electronic cigarette heating device and theelectronic cigarette in the present invention, the following advantagescan be achieved. The electronic cigarette heating device adopts thestructure of the insulating layer that covers an outer surface of atleast one riveting terminal selected from the first riveting terminaland the second riveting terminal, so that a surface of the firstriveting terminal or the second riveting terminal can be avoidedcontacting the heating filament effectively and affecting a user's tastenegatively. Besides, as the structure of the insulating layers thatcover outer surfaces of the first riveting terminal and the secondriveting terminal respectively is adopted, the consistency of taste ofthe produced electronic cigarette is good, and the quality of theelectronic cigarette is high.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be further described with reference to theaccompanying drawings and embodiments in the following, in theaccompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a 3D structural schematic view of an electronic cigaretteheating device in the prior art;

FIG. 2 is a 3D structural schematic view of an electronic cigaretteheating device according to a first preferred embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is a 3D structural schematic view of an electronic cigaretteheating device according to a second preferred embodiment of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 4 is a 3D structural schematic view of an electronic cigaretteheating device according to a third preferred embodiment of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

To make the technical feature, objective and effect of the presentinvention be understood more clearly, now the specific implementation ofthe present invention is described in detail with reference to theaccompanying drawings and embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 2, an electronic cigarette heating device is providedby a first preferred embodiment of the present invention, and comprisesa heating filament 1, a first electrode 2, a second electrode 3, a firstriveting terminal 4 and a second riveting terminal 5. The heatingfilament 1 is twined around a glass fiber core 10, and when the heatingfilament 1 is working and heated, tobacco juice absorbed in the glassfiber core 10 is atomized to realize an effect of generating smoke. Oneend portion of the heating filament 1 is riveted to the first electrode2 via the first riveting terminal 4, and the other end portion of theheating filament 1 is riveted to the second electrode 3 via the secondriveting terminal 5. An insulating layer 6 is covered on an outersurface of an end portion of at least one terminal selected from thefirst riveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 and the endportion of the at least one terminal is close to the heating filament 1,so that surfaces of the first riveting terminal 4 and the secondriveting terminal 5 can be avoided contacting the heating filament 1 viathe insulating layer 6 effectively to ensure electrical resistancestability of the heating filament 1 when the electronic cigarette isworking. Thus, the user's taste can't be affected negatively. Besides,as the structure of the insulating layer 6 is adopted, the consistencyof taste of the electronic cigarette produced is good, and the qualityof the electronic cigarette is high. In the this embodiment, theinsulating layer 6 is covered on the entire outer surfaces of the firstriveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 respectively. Itcan be understood that the insulating layer 6 can be covered on partialouter surfaces of the first riveting terminal 4 and the second rivetingterminal respectively to realize separation between the rivetingterminal and the heating filament 1.

Specifically, the insulating layer 6 is covered on outer surfaces of oneend portion of the first riveting terminal 4 and one end portion of thesecond riveting terminal 5. The insulating layer 6 is insulating paint61 spray painted on outer surfaces of the first riveting terminal 4 andthe second riveting terminal 5. The insulating paint 61 has a goodinsulating property and an adhesive ability, etc.

In the present embodiment, the insulating paint 61 is any one kind ofpaint selected from rubber based paint, silica gel based paint andplastic paint. The rubber based paint is to spray painted on outersurfaces of the first riveting terminal 4 and the second rivetingterminal 5, is matte or semi matte, feels fine and smooth, and has agood insulating property and a wear resistant property, etc. The silicagel based paint is spray painted on outer surfaces of the first rivetingterminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5, and has a good electricalinsulation property and a high temperature resistant property, etc. Theplastic paint is spray painted on outer surfaces of the first rivetingterminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5, and has high hardness,high gloss and a good insulating property, etc. The outer surfaces ofthe first riveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 adoptsthe structure generated by spraying with the insulating paint 61. As thespraying method has a high speed, the efficiency of producing theelectronic cigarette heating device is high.

As shown in FIG. 3, an electronic cigarette heating device is providedby a second preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thedifference between the second preferred embodiment and the firstpreferred embodiment lies in the structure of the insulating layer 6. Inthe present embodiment, the insulating layer 6 is an insulating sleeve62 respectively sleeved on outer surfaces of the first riveting terminal4 and the second riveting terminal 5. The insulating sleeve 62 isroughly a hollow cylindrical structure, and matches with the firstriveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5. Surfaces of thefirst riveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 can beavoided contacting the heating filament 1 by adopting the structure ofthe insulating sleeve 62 effectively, so that the user's taste can't beaffected negatively. Advantageously, the thickness of the insulatingsleeve 62 is 0.1 mm-0.5 mm.

In the present embodiment, the insulating sleeve 62 is any one kind ofsleeve selected from a rubber sleeve, a silica gel sleeve and a plasticsleeve. In order to mount the insulating sleeves 62 on outer surfaces ofthe first riveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 firmly,some methods can be adopted to connect the insulating sleeves 62 to thefirst riveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5respectively. The first method is a bonding method, and the electroniccigarette heating device further comprises bonding layers (not shown infigures) configured for bonding the insulating sleeve 62 to the firstriveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 respectively. Thebonding layer can be glue, double side tape or resin glue, etc. Thesecond method is a melting method, and the insulating sleeve 62 ismelted to outer surfaces of the first riveting terminal 4 and the secondriveting terminal 5 respectively. The insulating sleeve 62 is heatedfirstly, and then adhibited on the first riveting terminal 4 and thesecond riveting terminal 5 respectively. The third method is anembedding method, and the insulating sleeve 62 is embedded to outersurfaces of the first riveting terminal 4 and the second rivetingterminal 5 respectively. It can be understood that the connecting methodfor connecting the insulating sleeve 62, the first riveting terminal 4and the second riveting terminal 5 is not limited to the aforementionedconnecting methods.

As shown in FIG. 4, an electronic cigarette heating device is providedby a third preferred embodiment of the present invention, and thedifference between the third preferred embodiment and the firstpreferred embodiment lies in the structure of the insulating layer 6. Inthe present embodiment, the insulating layer 6 is an oxidation film 63respectively formed on surfaces of the first riveting terminal 4 and thesecond riveting terminal 5. In the embodiment, before the rivetingconnection step is started, surfaces of the first riveting terminal 4and the second riveting terminal 5 can be processed by an oxygenizingand insulating treatment to form the oxidation film 63. Surfaces of thefirst riveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 can beavoided contacting the heating filament 1 via the oxidation film 63effectively, so that the user's taste can't be affected negatively.

Based on the above structure of the electronic cigarette heating device,the present invention further provides an electronic cigarette whichcomprises the electronic cigarette heating device according to any oneof aforementioned embodiments. The electronic cigarette heating deviceadopts the structure of the insulating layer 6, so that surfaces of thefirst riveting terminal 4 and the second riveting terminal 5 can beavoided contacting the heating filament 1 effectively to ensureelectrical resistance stability of the heating filament 1 when theelectronic cigarette is working. Thus, the user's taste can't beaffected negatively. Besides, as the structure of the insulating layer 6is adopted, the consistency of taste of the produced electroniccigarette is good, and the quality of the electronic cigarette is high.

While the embodiments of the present application are described withreference to the accompanying drawings above, the present invention isnot limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. In fact,the above-mentioned specific implementations are intended to beexemplary not to be limiting. In the inspiration of the presentinvention, those ordinary skills in the art can also make manymodifications without breaking away from the subject of the presentapplication and the protection scope of the claims. All thesemodifications belong to the protection of the present invention.

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 11. An electronic cigarette heating device comprising aheating filament (1), a first electrode (2), a second electrode (3), afirst riveting terminal (4) and a second riveting terminal (5), whereinone end portion of the heating filament (1) is riveted to the firstelectrode (2) via the first riveting terminal (4), and the other endportion of the heating filament (1) is riveted to the second electrode(3) via the second riveting terminal (5); an insulating layer (6) iscovered on an outer surface of an end portion of at least one rivetingterminal selected from the first riveting terminal (4) and the secondriveting terminal (5), and the end portion of the at least one rivetingterminal is close to the heating filament (1).
 12. The electroniccigarette heating device according to claim 11, wherein the insulatinglayer (6) is covered on outer surfaces of one end portion of the firstriveting terminal (4) and one end portion of the second rivetingterminal (5); and the insulating layer (6) is insulating paint (61)spray painted on outer surfaces of the first riveting terminal (4) andthe second riveting terminal (5).
 13. The electronic cigarette heatingdevice according to claim 12, wherein the insulating paint (61) is anyone kind of paint selected from rubber based paint, silica gel basedpaint and plastic paint.
 14. The electronic cigarette heating deviceaccording to claim 11, wherein the insulating layer (6) is covered onouter surfaces of one end portion of the first riveting terminal (4) andone end portion of the second riveting terminal (5); and the insulatinglayer (6) is an insulating sleeve (62) respectively sleeved on outersurfaces of the first riveting terminal (4) and the second rivetingterminal (5).
 15. The electronic cigarette heating device according toclaim 14, wherein the insulating sleeve (62) is any one kind of sleeveselected from a rubber sleeve, a silica gel sleeve and a plastic sleeve.16. The electronic cigarette heating device according to claim 14,wherein the electronic cigarette heating device further comprises abonding layer configured for bonding the insulating sleeve (62) to thefirst riveting terminal (4) and the second riveting terminal (5)respectively.
 17. The electronic cigarette heating device according toclaim 14, wherein the insulating sleeve (62) is melted to outer surfacesof the first riveting terminal (4) and the second riveting terminal (5)respectively.
 18. The electronic cigarette heating device according toclaim 14, wherein the insulating sleeve (62) is embedded to outersurfaces of the first riveting terminal (4) and the second rivetingterminal (5) respectively.
 19. The electronic cigarette heating deviceaccording to claim 11, wherein the insulating layer (6) is covered onouter surfaces of one end portion of the first riveting terminal (4) andone end portion of the second riveting terminal (5); and the insulatinglayer (6) is an oxidation film (63) respectively formed on surfaces ofthe first riveting terminal (4) and the second riveting terminal (5).20. An electronic cigarette, wherein the electronic cigarette comprisesan electronic cigarette heating device comprising a heating filament(1), a first electrode (2), a second electrode (3), a first rivetingterminal (4) and a second riveting terminal (5), wherein one end portionof the heating filament (1) is riveted to the first electrode (2) viathe first riveting terminal (4), and the other end portion of theheating filament (1) is riveted to the second electrode (3) via thesecond riveting terminal (5); an insulating layer (6) is covered on anouter surface of an end portion of at least one riveting terminalselected from the first riveting terminal (4) and the second rivetingterminal (5), and the end portion of the at least one riveting terminalis close to the heating filament (1).
 21. The electronic cigaretteaccording to claim 20, wherein the insulating layer (6) is covered onouter surfaces of one end portion of the first riveting terminal (4) andone end portion of the second riveting terminal (5); and the insulatinglayer (6) is insulating paint (61) spray painted on outer surfaces ofthe first riveting terminal (4) and the second riveting terminal (5).22. The electronic cigarette according to claim 21, wherein theinsulating paint (61) is any one kind of paint selected from rubberbased paint, silica gel based paint and plastic paint.
 23. Theelectronic cigarette according to claim 20, wherein the insulating layer(6) is covered on outer surfaces of one end portion of the firstriveting terminal (4) and one end portion of the second rivetingterminal (5); and the insulating layer (6) is an insulating sleeve (62)respectively sleeved on outer surfaces of the first riveting terminal(4) and the second riveting terminal (5).
 24. The electronic cigaretteaccording to claim 23, wherein the insulating sleeve (62) is any onekind of sleeve selected from a rubber sleeve, a silica gel sleeve and aplastic sleeve.
 25. The electronic cigarette according to claim 23,wherein the electronic cigarette heating device further comprises abonding layer configured for bonding the insulating sleeve (62) to thefirst riveting terminal (4) and the second riveting terminal (5)respectively.
 26. The electronic cigarette according to claim 23,wherein the insulating sleeve (62) is melted to outer surfaces of thefirst riveting terminal (4) and the second riveting terminal (5)respectively.
 27. The electronic cigarette according to claim 23,wherein the insulating sleeve (62) is embedded to outer surfaces of thefirst riveting terminal (4) and the second riveting terminal (5)respectively.
 28. The electronic cigarette according to claim 20,wherein the insulating layer (6) is covered on outer surfaces of one endportion of the first riveting terminal (4) and one end portion of thesecond riveting terminal (5); and the insulating layer (6) is anoxidation film (63) respectively formed on surfaces of the firstriveting terminal (4) and the second riveting terminal (5).